A family in south India were filmed happily keeping a flock of ten parrots in their home, allowing them to fly freely around and getting regular kisses.

Footage from November 14 shows Mesa Gideon, 47, an engineer by profession, and his family playing with the flock of green parrots who live with them in Nandyala, Andhra Pradesh.

Mesa had gifted his wife 10 parrots on her birthday who have since become a part of their family.

The Gideon family feeds the parrots with their choice of grains and even take the birds with them on shopping trips and excursions from the house.

On being asked how is it possible that they are able to manage all these birds, the family said: "It has become their usual habit now as the birds cling to their bodies and doesn’t fly away anywhere else making them easier to find the parrots."